Barbara Dee

• Apr-2007
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Mustard. A charity orange. Five apples. A half-gone pint of charity cream cheese. A half-gone gallon of milk. An open can of Friskies. And a half-gone liter of Diet Coke. That's all the food in the house when Cassie's sister, Miranda, forgets to d...

• May-2009
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Zoe Bennett feels lost at her fancy private school. She's not the star drama queen like her sister, or a brainiac math genius like her brother. Luckily her best friend, Dara, is just as content as Zoe is to stay in the shadows -- or is she? When ...

• May-2010
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Sometimes your life just needs a little jolt. This is what Evie's new friend Francesca tells her, and soon enough, Evie's life has had something more like an earthquake. Francesca thinks life is dull unless you go after everything you want and sa...

• Apr-2011
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Every tween girl knows what it's like to have a mom who can be a little embarrasing at times. But for Marigold, it goes way beyond embarrassing. Marigold's single mom is a performance artist, meaning she stages dramatic, wacky performances to express...

• Oct-2014
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In Finley’s middle school, kissing frogs might lead to princes -- if there were any frogs! Categorizing classmates leads to a battle of the sexes in this M!X novel from the author of Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life. According to Finley...

• Sep-2016
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A few white lies during a simple game of truth or dare spin out of control and make life very complicated for Lia in this brand-new novel from Barbara Dee. When Lia returns after a summer with her eccentric aunt, it feels like everything has chang...

• Mar-2017
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Mattie is chosen to play Romeo opposite her crush in the eighth grade production of Shakespeare’s most beloved play in this Romeo and Juliet inspired novel from the author of Truth or Dare. Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is deligh...

• Sep-2017
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A cancer survivor must readjust to “normal” middle school life in this hopeful novel from the author of Star-Crossed and Truth or Dare. Norah Levy has just completed two years of treatment for leukemia and is ready to go back to the “real wo...

• Jun-2018
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Misfit Tally is forced to room with queen bee Ava on the seventh grade field trip to Washington, DC, and discovers several surprising things about her roommate -- including the possibility of an eating disorder -- in this timely new novel from the au...

• Oct-2019
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Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching -- and ultimately uplifting -- novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates. For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with som...

• Sep-2020
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From the acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a “compassionate…touching” (Donna Gephart, award-winning author of The Paris Project) and powerful story of learning how to grow, change, and survive.When twelve-year...

• Oct-2021
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From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a moving and relatable middle grade novel about secrets, family, and the power of forgiveness.Twelve-year-old Wren loves makeup -- special effect makeup, to b...

• Oct-2022
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From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a “thought-provoking…wonderful” (School Library Journal) middle grade novel about a young girl who channels her anxiety about the climate crisis into rallying her community to save a local rive...

• Mar-2024
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“Both relatable and inspiring…an entertaining and heartfelt read.” -- Janae Marks, New York Times bestselling author of On Air with Zoe WashingtonFrom critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel that’s “this generati...

• Mar-2025
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From Barbara Dee, the critically acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You, comes a middle grade novel about a girl who makes the choice to speak out against a problematic historical hometown figure no matter the cost -- perfect for readers of Dres...